this message appears, does anyone know what it is? [image]

What does that mean? How do I fix the problem?

It means that you need to upload the image from somewhere other than imgur. It is refusing to allow your server to download the file. You could, for example, upload it directly to discourse rather than using the link to imgur.

So is this a server problem? Because I in other discourse-based forums, imgur is usually embedded via link

Your server has downloaded too many images from imgur. Search Google for ‘imgur 429’

Based on this it appears that the external site is rate limiting requests from a specific Discourse forum? [image] 429 Error could use a better description UX The 429 means there’s a rate limit but it’s not always the same rate limit. I would happily merge a more vague description though. I just started having problems with a 429 error for Imgur oneboxed images on my Discourse instance. But the same links work here: https://i.imgur.com/6IXPzY6.png [image] Strangely, without the .png part of the link the onebox does appear: https://i.imgur.com/6IXPzY6 [Imgur] I tried adding https://i.imgur.com and https://imgur.com to force custom user agent hosts , but it doesn’t make any difference.

Hey @rahim123 :slight_smile: @danielabc has also been having that issue with imgur recently, so I’ve slipped your post here to keep the discussion grouped together. :+1:

Nope. It appears that Imgur is rate limiting based on the requesting domain or IP, so the user agent thing can’t fix it, and it looks like we’re simply stuck. This is probably the beginning of the inevitable end after Imgur got bought out by a holding company: [image] Imgur has been bought by the owner of Kik, Genius, and WorldStarHipHop Joining a stable of B-tier internet properties

@JammyDodger or @danielabc For searchers could you please correct imugr to Imgur in the title? Also maybe make it more general like: Imgur images not embedding with 429 error I suspect that there will be lots of other similar questions…

Imgur images not embedding with 429 error

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pfaffman (Jay Pfaffman) April 27, 2023, 11:24pm 2

That 429 error means that the discourse server has pulled more images from that site than it wants to provide.

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